Shadow Slave

Usually, it would have taken Kai a lot longer to fly across the city to reach the tranquil terrace district… not that he would have. But today, the famous idol neglected his habit of staying low and out of sight. It seemed that his speed increased tremendously, as well, because ten minutes later, he was already at Sunny's door.

Maybe because of that, there was no crowd of paparazzi following him.

As they waited for Cassie, Effie rummaged through the empty refrigerator, then walked away from it with a disappointed sigh.

"There's no food!"

Sunny, who was evaluating the damage the boisterous huntress had done to the guest bedroom, glanced at her darkly.

"We've been gone for months. What did you expect?"

Effie made a sad face, then shrugged.

"But I'm hungry!"

Sunny let out an exasperated breath.

"...I have some synthpaste, if you want."

She shuddered and opened her mouth to retort, but at that moment, there was a knock on the door. If not for the haughty shadow standing guard outside — reluctantly, of course, since mundane tasks such as this were grossly beneath it — Sunny would have tensed up.

However, he already knew that it was Cassie.

The blind girl walked inside, froze for a moment, then raised a deliciously smelling package.

"...I brought food."

glance at Kai

has some

at the archer for

looks assumed an almost hypnotizing quality. It

Cassie for a bit, Sunny couldn't help but shake his head ruefully, a stunned expression on his face. He finally understood why

someone like her. Jet possessed an intangible quality that no one he

And Sunny himself?

boy, as Soul Reaper had once predicted, but even he couldn't call himself unassuming anymore. The scrawny kid from the outskirts was gone. Instead, a young man with porcelain skin and striking black eyes took his

threads of Weaver's forbidden legacy

of them settled around the table and

the Nightmare, none of the four seemed too joyous… well, except for Effie,

free, however, just

be? Inside the Nightmare, there was no time for weakness. They had to carry on no matter how deep the wounds dealt to their souls cut. Now that the danger had passed and the members of the cohort were back in the real world, all those invisible scars were starting to make their presence

of the Red Colosseum, the nightmares, the assault on the Ivory

share of demons to

a cup of tea, looked at Sunny, and asked with

happened? I don't remember

her fork and stared at the

were swallowed

Kai smiled with embarrassment:

I just, sort of… jumped into his mouth. Because I didn't know

blinked a few times, but didn't say anything. She even

looked down,

would not trust anyone with the knives, I think. After you killed the dragon, there was no real reason for him to stay. He left to salvage at least some rewards before the

for a few moments,